Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

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Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

• Ms. Espinal
• January 2, 2010

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Discrimination

• Unequal treatment based on factors, such as race,
  religion, nationality, gender, age, or physical
  appearance.

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Question

• Is the fact that all Hooters servers are women
  discriminatory?
• Think of three reasons for why this may be
  discriminatory.
• Think of three reasons why this may not be
  discriminatory.

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Laws to prevent discrimination

• Civil Rights Act
• 1964
• Bans employment discrimination based on race,
  color, religion, or gender
• Age Discrimination Act
• 1967
• Bans employment discrimination against those
  older than 40 in hiring, promotion, and firing
  employees

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Laws to prevent discrimination

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• 1990
• Protects the rights of those with disabilities
  (blind, visually impaired, hearing impaired,
  mental illness, etc.)
• Estimated of people with disability 27million

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BFOQ

• Bona Fide Occupational Quality
• Only allowed to hire people with certain
  qualities if they are needed for the job
• Models or actors need to look certain way or be
  certain age or gender
• Hooters Girls

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Sexual Harassment

• Unwelcomed behavior of a sexual nature
• Jokes, gestures, unwanted touching
• Male workers female boss told him he could keep
  his job if he started to date her
• Female employees were rated by male employees as
  women walked by male desks

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Suggestions

• Tell the person to stop!! Be clear and direct.
• Document what happened. Include pertinent
  details. Include names of witnesses.
• Inform human resources.
• Contact EEOC if not resolved.